Owen Valley traveled to Edgewood Thursday night for a conference match-up against the rival Lady Mustangs, coming away with a 3-1 loss.

"(It was) very inconsistent play," OV head volleyball coach Rhonda Schafer explained. "(We) struggled to make the play offensively and had too many serving and passing errors… 21 points worth."

After dropping the first game 14-25, and the second game, 17-25, the Lady Patriots came out on fire in the third, picking up a 25-19 victory. "We need to hold the intensity longer," Schafer explained after OV lost the fourth game, 18-25.

Owen Valley's record now stands at 5-9 on the season and 1-2 in the Western Indiana Conference.

Leading the stats were Morgan Richardson with nine kills; Kendall Hamilton with nine points on six aces; and Stacia O'Neal with 18 digs. Hamilton and O'Neal also finished with 13 set assists each.

The Owen Valley junior varsity squad suffered the same fate as the varsity, falling 2-1 to the Lady Mustangs, 25-24, 16-25, 2-15.

"We beat ourselves tonight,"

coach Kimberely Hale noted after Thursday night's loss. "We didn't play like we wanted to win."

Leading the way for the JV squad was Shelby Roberts, who finished with five kills, two points, and nine digs

The OV squads will be in action again tonight when they take on the visiting Linton Lady Miners in Patriot Hall starting at 6 p.m.